Simply Beside Herself

A charming, gentle novel about reclaiming independence at the final stage of life, for readers of Amanda Hampson and Joanna Nell.

When Elizabeth finds a dead body on a park bench – her own – she knows it’s a sign that she needs to make some big changes in her life.

Staff at her retirement home are too busy to listen when she tries to get their attention, but she is persuaded she must leave its suffocating routine without further delay. In opening the door and walking away, Elizabeth makes an...